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  …warns sponsors, collaborators Three days to the one year anniversary of the reelection of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, the Bayelsa State government has raised the alarm by some hoodlums sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to destabilise the State. A detailed statement issued n Sunday night by the Special Adviser to the Governor […]

The Federal Government’s Whistle-blower policy has started yielding fruit as it has so far led to the recovery of US$151 million and 8 billion Naira in looted funds, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the Minister said the looted funds, which do not […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has discovered a Lagos mansion worth the sum of N11.75bn allegedly belonging to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. According to the EFCC, Diezani was said to have bought the building situated in Banana Island between 2011 and 2012 at a total cost of $37.5m […]

Wife of the President, Her Excellency, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja prayed for peaceful coexistence of Nigeria. She made the prayer shortly after her arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia where she performed Umrah or Lesser Hajj. Mrs. Buhari who arrived the Airport at about 3:15 local […]Read More

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Andrew Yakubu, following the recovery of $9,772,800 and £74,000 cash from him. It was gathered that the former GMD has been detained in an EFCC facility in Kano. The cash […]

Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has described the Federal Government’s plan to secure Eurobond which re-payment would last till 2032,  as act like that of the Biblical prodigal son, expressing the fear that the loan may plunge the nation into pro-longed economic misery. […]Read More

The needless controversy, that has trailed President Buhari’s delayed return to Nigeria, would have been unnecessary, if the presidency had been more proactive and forthcoming about the president’s health condition. The ceaseless rumors indicated that Nigerians were desperate for answers to questions about their President. But the Presidency didn’t care to tell Nigerians what was […]

The Nigerian Customs Service ( NCS) has announced the promotion of 1,561 junior officers. The announcement was made on Friday in a press release by spokesman for the service, Joseph Attah According to Attah, the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) approved the promotion of 1,561 Junior Officers to various ranks. The […]

The 8th Senate will on Monday hold a first-of-its-kind public hearing on the 2017 Appropriation Bill submitted to the legislature by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a statement by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Public Hearing is aimed at allowing stakeholders and members of the public […]

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the Southern Kaduna crisis is more serious than what many see because there is a 37-year-old history behind it with 11 incidences so far since the first crisis broke out in 1980. El-Rufai who spoke at a session with select journalists in Lagos, identified as the reason […]

Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday told a committee of the House of Representatives that $9.2 million and 750,000 pounds were recovered from a residence in Kaduna state. Although he did not indicate precisely when the raid by EFCC operatives was carried out, NAN has learnt that […]

A former Minister of State for Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has asked Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos to permit her to travel abroad to receive treatment for breast cancer. She said doctors at the National Hospital recommended that she receives further treatment abroad after suffering a relapse after a surgery. […]